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   How old was John Steinbeck when he was born?

   • 1902: Born February 27 in the Salinas family home. 1919–25: Graduates from Salinas High School. Attends classes at Stanford University over the course of six years, leaves without taking a degree. During this period, Steinbeck drops out for months at a time and is employed as a sales clerk, farm laborer, rancher and factory worker.

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   How did John Steinbeck become a writer?

   • John Steinbeck was born in 1903 in Salinas, California, the setting for his popular novel Of Mice and Men . Although he spent a few years at Stanford University, he found that academic life didn't suit him. He decided to become a writer, working first as a journalist and later finding great success as a novelist.

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   Who was John Steinbeck?

   • John Steinbeck was a voice for folks who had no voice during the great depression and the dust bowls in Oklahoma. The Joad family in his story is forced to leave Oklahoma to pick fruit in California.

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   What is Steinbeck best known for?

   • Steinbeck is awarded the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Of Mice and Men. 1939:The Grapes of Wrath, still considered his greatest critical success, is published.

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   2 days ago · On this day in 1935, beloved American author John Steinbeck published Tortilla Flat.Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, in 1902. His birth state and upbringing played major roles in his writing: he grew up in a small rural valley, working alongside migrant workers on ranches and farms, where he came face-to-face with the struggles of the downtrodden.

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   5 days ago · Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, plus The Grapes of Wrath, made this Nobel in literature among the most popular writers of novels. Visit SteinbeckNow.com.

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   4 days ago · Assessing My Steinbeck Trip at Week Four. by Clay Jenkinson / Sunday, May 26 2024 / Features. It has been about four weeks since Clay began retracing John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley Tour. Shadowing the famous author’s 10,000-mile trek around the USA, Clay notes some advantages and disadvantages between his trip in 2024 and Steinbeck ...

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   3 days ago · Archive of art on the John Steinbeck life and articles about fiction, the life of John Steinbeck, and Steinbeck stories, novels, and film at SteinbeckNow.com.

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   4 days ago · In this episode, you will learn about the life and legacy of the writer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential writers of 20th-century American literature. If you would...

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   5 days ago · May 6: John Steinbeck won a Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling novel, The Grapes of Wrath. History.com tells us that the book "traces the fictional Joad family of Oklahoma as they lose their family farm and move to California in search of a better life. They encounter only more difficulties and a downward slide into poverty."

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   4 days ago · This quiz deals with one of John Steinbeck's great 'little books', the bittersweet 'Cannery Row'. How much do you know about Mack and The Boys?